i also agree with XML. >-----Original Message----- >From: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Andrew Edward McCall >Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:16 PM >To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [openbeos] Re: BeIDE Projects?! > > >> >>> I just downloaded the OBOS CVS. It has next to nothing in it (shame >on >>> you!). What it has, and is not the kernel, consists in >large part of >>> BeIDE projects (shame on you again!). Please use makefiles. >They run >on >>> ppc and x86 and are a standard. Also, you can do batch makes of the >>> project to compile the whole tree. >> >>Wow, a pretty well constructed rant...you make me proud. >> >>> I would suggest an absolute moratorium on BeIDE projects in CVS. >> >>I would suggest scrapping Makefiles completely in favor of an XML >>format. Makefiles are those kind of things that require a small furry >>animal to be sacrificed and lots of voodoo to be done from scratch >>because no one really is left who knows exactly how to make them >>despite the volumes of books that have stacked up on the topic. >>Magical tabs and spacies require late night rituals to get past... >>Let it die. Projects or bust. > >I agree with XML. > >And I think that this should be decided on soon, I too have >two projects >with BeIDE project files building up on my hard disk. > >Actually, I don't even know how to commit them! > >Thanks > >Andrew Edward McCall >mccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >-- >OpenBeOS! - Join the revolution now! >http://www.openbeos.org/ > >